Superhero games have had a bit of a rough track record due to the abundance of lazy licensed games, but highlights of the past few years could be found in the likes of the Batman Arkham or inFamous series. One popular superhero that seems to have never gotten his chance to shine in a game is the Flash, but recent reports indicate that he could've been the star of a big budget game had everything gone according to plan.
Liam Robertson of Unseen64 recently posted a video with his findings on The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, an ambitious open-world adventure by Bottlerocket Entertainment that would've starred the Scarlet Speedster. The game made it about a year into development and steady progress was being made, but it all went bad when Brash entertainment—the game's publisher—went under due to poor upper management, which left Bottlerocket Entertainment with no choice but to scrap their work. Here's a video, detailing the ill-fated game's story:
What do you think? Would you have gotten this game? Do you think the Flash will get a proper game someday? Drop us a comment in the section below.
[source youtube.com]
Comments (29)
Thinking about it now, I'm surprised there's never been any Flash game, no open world game, no beat-em-up, not even an infinite runner cashgrab.
Edit: Apparently, there's actually been 2 Flash games.
1) The Flash, a sidescrolling action game released in 1993 for the Sega Master System and the Game Boy.
2. Justice League Heroes: The Flash, a 2D beat-em'-up released in 2006 for the Game Boy Advance.
@Mega_Yarn_Poochy Surprising, considering he's one of DC's most popular heroes.
What if Sega was to do this with Sonic? Sonic Utopia would be a start and that's a fan project! Sega really need to step it up with sonic, he is dying slowly!
For a second there, I thought this was about an open world game made in Adobe Flash...
no one can beat the wii u when it comes to cancelled games
Cool. I'm glad to see output from Liam Robertson that isn't hardcore, angry leftist outbursts littering up my Twitter stream.
He was previously known to me for his great Unseen 64 stuff, but since I un-followed him over there for being generally rude and obnoxious, here is where I'll now count on reading anything from him that matters.
I'd love to play an open-world Flash game based on the comic and not the show.
What a shame. Looks like it could have been fantastic.
@samuelvictor Poochy, not "Poochie".
the only circumstance under which I would pay money for a Flash video game is if it featured a boss fight against a refrigerator
Not a fan of Marvel Heroes at all.
Ugh... >_<
Anything but that...
@Anti-Matter
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Flash is DC...
@feelinsupersonic
Your comment might have some validity if this game was supposed to come to the Wii U. The video listed, the 360, PS3, and the Wii. The game was dead long before the Wii U was announced.
OT: This game sounded like a lot of fun, pity they weren't able to complete it.
I liked him in Injustice, shame.
We've had Viewtiful Joe and The Wonderful 101, which between them over the past decade or so have given me my fix of red latex costume wearing men in video games!
Such a shame, always thought that an open world game with a super fast character as protagonist would have been awesome, can't believe we got so close to have it and failed T.T (Althought personally I always imagined it with Sonic, but even Flash is a perfect option XD).
The closet we've ever had to a speedster with an open open world was Infamous: Second Son and it's DLC. Renove the laser beam and increase the speed and the Neon power was pretty much the flash. It's a shame that no one has come remotely close. Well maybe that JL game on the ps2, that was pretty good showcasing all the charcters and their powers and abilities. Man that game was awesome.
@NImH Ummm what the heck? I am not a "hardcore leftist". That doesn't describe me at all. Ridiculous.
This is a joke, right? This is just the SuperMan returns game reskinned with the Flash...
This actually looks pretty good, shame about corporate greed winning out yet again.
Never knew bottlerocket were involved with splatterhouse either, I loved that (poorly made) game. Would be interesting to know what it is they wanted to do differently that didn't make the cut
Seeing how rough the 360 and PS3 versions were I would not want to see this on Wii. It would have looked and played horribly. I wonder if they could pull it off now with all the consoles pretty much on the same page next year.
Seems like a title that could still come out today.
@Uzuki Doesn't Saints Row 4 have super speed running?
@LiamR With being so busy trying to come up with a funny comment earlier, I completely forgot to once again compliment you on yet another interesting story and excellent detective work.
I hope you are soon going to use those skills to try and find out what the heck Retro Studios have been up to all this time, since most of us are probably dying to know what they are going to make for the Switch...
@Mega_Yarn_Poochy While both sidescrollers, the SMS and GB Flash games are two different games, not different versions of the same game.
@SaKo thing is is that I only got 6 hours in, said I would go back to it, 5 years later never picked it backed up. I believed I stopped after the Ice power mission. I'll have to take your word and hope it was good
@Captain_Gonru I'll be completely honest: From a gameplay perspective, I enjoyed JLH over MUA. Although MUA was bursting to the brim with fanservice, the pacing was much better story wise in JLH and the characters felt better and had more unique animations for each character. It's a shame that there wasn't one based off the Unlimited tv show run. It would have been amazing to play as some of the B and C-list heroes like Huntress, Captain Atom, and The Question.
Incredible speed in games only works well for racing. Anything where you have to slow down for combat or platforming gets clunky.
@LiamR sorry, I guess "abrasive, condescending liberal outbursts" would be more precise.
But still, methinks some self-eval is in order if you have no idea about what I'm referring to.
But I do appreciate your great Nintendo detective work!
Why did Superman 64 even happen and this beauty of a game didn't, we'll never know.
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